FMC to Evaluate Development and Commercialization of New Herbicide

6:19 AM MST | March 6, 2012 | Sotirios Frantzanas

FMC says it has agreed with Kumiai Chemical Industry (Tokyo) to evaluate the potential for development and commercialization of a new herbicide. The herbicide was developed in research laboratories of Kumiai, and Ihara Chemical (Tokyo). The companies will evaluate the new chemical on a number of global crops and weed problems over the coming years, FMC says. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The new herbicide "offers the potential to address some of the emerging herbicide resistance problems that farmers all over the world are...